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president george w. bush. nick burns, form he undersecretary for political affairs on the democratic side. and republican. good to see both of you. let me ask you your reaction first to this. to suzanne's reporting what the cia says happened. >> as a cia alumni, i'm not surprise told at the bravery of these officers. these people have been at war for many years now and their bravery is no surprise whatsoever. i'm sure they did what they felt they needed to do to protect their colleagues as well as other americans. i think we're deeply indebted to them. >> nick, ely lake from the daily beast, i know you're familiar with his reporting. he's done some fantastic reporting. he's saying the state department never requested military back-up the night of the benghazi attack. normally that would have been the responsibility of the ambassador who of course was in the heat of the moment there. so that then would have fallen to the state department to make that decision, and as we know, they could hear it in real-time. do
president george w. bush. nick burns, form he undersecretary for political affairs on the democratic side. and republican. good to see both of you. let me ask you your reaction first to this. to suzanne's reporting what the cia says happened. >> as a cia alumni, i'm not surprise told at the bravery of these officers. these people have been at war for many years now and their bravery is no surprise whatsoever. i'm sure they did what they felt they needed to do to protect their colleagues...
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and then there's former president george w. bush. he's out doing something that makes the romney camp very nervous. is is he praising the president like governor chris christie has been doing? no, not that. what president bush is doing might even be worse for romney. he's jetting to the luxurious cayman islands today to give a message about investing money there. the lush palm trees, bright white sand, glorious sunshine and, of course, the secret bank accounts. >> we are home of the finer things life has to offer and global financial services. we are the cayman islands. tap into the wealth of investment opportunities available in the cayman islands. >> in other words, it's a perfect place to hide your money. something the governor knows all about. romney's invested as much as $8 million in funds on the island with another multimillion dollar base there. and his old company bain has set up nearly 140 secret offshore funds in this tropical paradise. governor romney, did you think you could sweep all that under the are rug before electi
and then there's former president george w. bush. he's out doing something that makes the romney camp very nervous. is is he praising the president like governor chris christie has been doing? no, not that. what president bush is doing might even be worse for romney. he's jetting to the luxurious cayman islands today to give a message about investing money there. the lush palm trees, bright white sand, glorious sunshine and, of course, the secret bank accounts. >> we are home of the finer...
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last month i told you a few days before the election george w. bush would give the keynote speech at a conference in the cayman islands, one of the offshore tax havens where mitt romney has invested millions of dollars. not ideal timing for the campaign of romney. the event went on as planned yesterday, but don't expect any kind of review of w.'s speech. according to nbc, quote, the keynote speech by the former president was totally closed to all journalists, and conference organizers were banned from discussing any aspect of it. the restrictions were imposed by the former president's own staff. there you have it. any advice the former president had for investing money in offshore tax havens was reserved for the people who paid $4,000 to attend the conference. by the way, "the miami herald" posted the ap's account of w's speech on their website. there's no mention of mitt romney in the piece, but check out the similar stories bar next to the piece. topics like mitt romney's tax return fails to quiet critics and mitt romney and the 47%. i guess it
last month i told you a few days before the election george w. bush would give the keynote speech at a conference in the cayman islands, one of the offshore tax havens where mitt romney has invested millions of dollars. not ideal timing for the campaign of romney. the event went on as planned yesterday, but don't expect any kind of review of w.'s speech. according to nbc, quote, the keynote speech by the former president was totally closed to all journalists, and conference organizers were...
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remember in 2000, al gore got about half a million more votes than george w. bush. but he lost florida by 537 votes as all of our viewers remember, and as a result, george w. bush had enough to win the more than 270 you need to be elected president of the united states and so you could have a situation that would develop in this particular case, maybe romney would win the popular vote but obama would win the electoral college. it wouldn't be the first time and that is certainly a possibility at this point. these national polls, when you add them all together and do an average of all the polls, i have learned over the years that they are pretty accurate among likely voters. but what matters is the battleground states, what the polls are there. and there's only one poll that really counts and that is the poll that takes place on tuesday. so we'll know soon enough. >> a national poll showing romney's national favorability at 53%, just shy of obama at 54%, there used to be a much greater gap there, are we saying that turn decideds are certainly playing a role in a big w
remember in 2000, al gore got about half a million more votes than george w. bush. but he lost florida by 537 votes as all of our viewers remember, and as a result, george w. bush had enough to win the more than 270 you need to be elected president of the united states and so you could have a situation that would develop in this particular case, maybe romney would win the popular vote but obama would win the electoral college. it wouldn't be the first time and that is certainly a possibility at...
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w." i'm ed schultz. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >>> excited to hear you're going to do a fresh "ed show" at 11:00. >> working late on a friday night. >> at this point the weekdays have no meaning. you know what i mean? >> we're going to be here saturday night and sunday night doing "the ed show." >> that's right. weekends are for other times of the year. get some sleep tonight if you can, man. >> i will do that. thanks, rachel. >> thanks so you at home for staying with us for the next hour. at almost exactly this point in the presidential race of 1956, on october 29th, 1956, with the election that year coming up just a week later, israel invaded egypt. and they did it with the secret support of two major u.s. allies. france and england. it was a fight over control of the suez canal. the american president at that time, in 1956, was, of course, dwight eisenhower. republican. he was running for re-election against the democratic candidate that year, adlai stevenson. talk abo
w." i'm ed schultz. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now. >>> excited to hear you're going to do a fresh "ed show" at 11:00. >> working late on a friday night. >> at this point the weekdays have no meaning. you know what i mean? >> we're going to be here saturday night and sunday night doing "the ed show." >> that's right. weekends are for other times of the year. get some sleep tonight if you can, man. >> i will do...
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. >> peter brooks a deputy secretary of state under george w. bush, and nick burns, former undersecretary for political affairs on the democratic side. and republican. let me ask for reaction first, peter. to what the cia says happened? >> i'm not surprised of the bravery of these officers. these people have been at war for many years and the bravery is no surprise whatsoever. i'm sure they did what they felt they needed to do to protect their fellow colleagues as well as other americans, and i think we're deeply indebted to them. >>> eli lake from "the daily beast." he has done some fantastic reporting. saying that the state department never requested military backup the night of the benghazi attack. normally, that would be the responsibility of the ambassador. that would have fallen to the state department to make that decision and they could hear it in real time, does this surprise you? >> you know, erin, i have to say, as i said before, and as you know, i served not just in democratic administrations, but republican administrations, includin
. >> peter brooks a deputy secretary of state under george w. bush, and nick burns, former undersecretary for political affairs on the democratic side. and republican. let me ask for reaction first, peter. to what the cia says happened? >> i'm not surprised of the bravery of these officers. these people have been at war for many years and the bravery is no surprise whatsoever. i'm sure they did what they felt they needed to do to protect their fellow colleagues as well as other...
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>>>er since the financial industry collapsed and the economic collapse at the end of the george w. bush administration, a previously sort of unheralded date on america's monthly calendar has become a very hotly anticipated thing. the release of the monthly jobs report. a nation turns its weary eyes to you, bureau of labor statistics. how are we doing this month? tomorrow, friday, the bureau of labor statistics will release its very last monthly jobs report before the presidential election. due to happen at 8:30 a.m. eastern time tomorrow. set your alarm. the last time the jobs number came out and showed that unemployment was not only continuing to drop but it had dropped below 8%, when that happened last month, the right got very conspiratorial and decided that that can't be right. the jobs numbers must now be fake. since then, though, the right that was so upset about unemployment going down, they must be really bummed because since then, the economic signs keep pointing in a positive direction. unemployment benefit claims down. worker productivity up. auto sales rising. home buil
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including the administration of george w. bush. i really find it disturbing that people are trying to make ultramr. judgments about what happened in benghazi based on piecemeal reports. the only responsible way is to listen to ambassador pickering who has been asked. he has not come out with his report yet. we're right before an election. this has been politicized, as your reporter that. and not by the administration. and i just think it is disturbing that somehow all these reports come out piecemeal and people try to draw a broader conclusion. we really owe it to everybodier can to take a deliberate look at this and i actually think it is best that this come out after the election so it is not political. >> what's your response to that? at this point, should we just wait here? another couple of weeks. and there will be hearings to really find out the time line. >> i agree with nick to a point. and he is right. we've been getting these piecemeal reports but almost eight weeks after this tragic event, there are more questions than a
including the administration of george w. bush. i really find it disturbing that people are trying to make ultramr. judgments about what happened in benghazi based on piecemeal reports. the only responsible way is to listen to ambassador pickering who has been asked. he has not come out with his report yet. we're right before an election. this has been politicized, as your reporter that. and not by the administration. and i just think it is disturbing that somehow all these reports come out...
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barack obama said george w. bush signing statements and he made the executive branch too powerful, but it turns out he didn't have a problem with executive orders and signing statements, he had a problem with who was doing it. we and independents in florida want a president who will stay within the parameters of the legitimate authority of the presidency. president obama is not pressing independents in florida by running on bill clinton's record and blaming george w. bush. independents are saying, what about your record, mr. president. >> we'll talk a lot more about the undecided states of america not hour. be sure to stay with us for that. we'll talk about new hampshire, the four electoral votes there could really be the difference in this historically close race. >>> this is a story that has a lot of people. we have the latest on malala, the 15-year-old girl shot by the taliban. s everyday you see all the ways all of us at us bank are helping grow our economy. lending more so companies and communities can expa
barack obama said george w. bush signing statements and he made the executive branch too powerful, but it turns out he didn't have a problem with executive orders and signing statements, he had a problem with who was doing it. we and independents in florida want a president who will stay within the parameters of the legitimate authority of the presidency. president obama is not pressing independents in florida by running on bill clinton's record and blaming george w. bush. independents are...
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. >> dana per recent na was the white house press secretary for the george w. bush administration. she is now a fox news host. >> you can imagine if he said, as commander-in-chief, it is important for me to stay back here at the white house. just imagine everybody would have thought, wow, how responsible. >> once the president made a statement, i'm not sure what he should have done. >> democrat, eleanor holmes thornton represents the district of columbia. >> obvious sit in mourning for several days and not go about our daily business. >> septembers', secretary of state hillary clinton suggests the attack was a spontaneous attack about the antiis lamb video. >> there is no justification, none at all, for responding to this video with violence. >> white house press secretary jake carney explicitly blames the video the next day. >> these proprosts -- proe protests were in reaction to a video. we have no information to suggest it was preplanned attack. >> later that day, at the transfer of a ceremony at joint base andrews, clinton talks again about the video. >> we have seen rage and v
. >> dana per recent na was the white house press secretary for the george w. bush administration. she is now a fox news host. >> you can imagine if he said, as commander-in-chief, it is important for me to stay back here at the white house. just imagine everybody would have thought, wow, how responsible. >> once the president made a statement, i'm not sure what he should have done. >> democrat, eleanor holmes thornton represents the district of columbia. >>...
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w. but while voters won't see him on the trail they will see him in the role of commander in chief including later this hour when he delivers a statement on the hurricane from the white house. and perhaps voters will be wondering how a president romney might handle the very same situation. one indication comes from a primary debate in june of last year, when governor romney made the case for shutting down fema and passing the responsibility on to the states. >> fema is about to run out of money and some people say do it on a case-by-case basis and some who say maybe we're learning a lesson here the states should take on more of this role. >> absolutely. every time you have an occasion to take something from the federal government and send it back to the states, that's the right direction. and if you can go even further and send it back to the private sector that's even better. we're borrowing $1.6 trillion more this year than we're taking in. >> including disaster relief? >> we cannot af
w. but while voters won't see him on the trail they will see him in the role of commander in chief including later this hour when he delivers a statement on the hurricane from the white house. and perhaps voters will be wondering how a president romney might handle the very same situation. one indication comes from a primary debate in june of last year, when governor romney made the case for shutting down fema and passing the responsibility on to the states. >> fema is about to run out of...
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this is very exciting news a 16-acre park at the up coming george w. bush presidential center will recreate a texas prairie. and all of that brush he used to pretend he was clearing to prove he is rancher and all. and remember the switch grass he used to talk about. ♪ switch grass, switch switch grass ♪ >> i can't believe i still have that in there. >> stephanie: i know. it will also house bush's policy institute. [ laughter ] >> with a shack outside of la grange. >> stephanie: it will feature an interpretation of the rose garden. remember, that's where she used to chain smoke and curse her life. prairie restoration is important to laura bush and her husband. the bush center -- here is the punch line it is aiming to get the highest level of certification from the green building council. [♪ circus music ♪] >> stephanie: because he has always been so green. >> i wonder if they'll have a election of -- >> human animal hybrids. >> where all of these spent fuel rods are going because they couldn't use -- >> stephanie: switch grass. ♪ switch grass
this is very exciting news a 16-acre park at the up coming george w. bush presidential center will recreate a texas prairie. and all of that brush he used to pretend he was clearing to prove he is rancher and all. and remember the switch grass he used to talk about. ♪ switch grass, switch switch grass ♪ >> i can't believe i still have that in there. >> stephanie: i know. it will also house bush's policy institute. [ laughter ] >> with a shack outside of la grange. >>...
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and finally, george w. bush has entered the presidential campaign. he did that today when he was dragged into it by his little brother in florida. >> do you honestly think that this president is capable of bringing people together? his entire strategy is to blame others. starting with my brother, of course. basically, he blames every possible thing, rather than having the humility to be able to reach out and define common ground. >> and the fight over who is the real friend of the auto industry continued today. >> the facts, they speak for themselves. president obama took gm and chrysler into bankruptcy. taxpayers still stand to lose $25 billion from the president's politically managed bankruptcy. these companies, chrysler in particular, we know their story, are now choosing to expand manufacturing overseas. these are the facts. >> remember the president talked about romnesia? well, it's contagious. congressman ryan. congressman ryan's caught it. let me tell you the facts. congressman ryan voted with us. he voted in the congress with us. >> joining m
and finally, george w. bush has entered the presidential campaign. he did that today when he was dragged into it by his little brother in florida. >> do you honestly think that this president is capable of bringing people together? his entire strategy is to blame others. starting with my brother, of course. basically, he blames every possible thing, rather than having the humility to be able to reach out and define common ground. >> and the fight over who is the real friend of the...
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olson, a romney advisor, led republicans to victory in the supreme court battle between george w. bush and al gore in 2000. >> i am clearing my calendar just in case i need to be ready for the next five weeks. >> reporter: he says if election officials want to avoid litigation, they shouldn't change direction in the middle of the game. >> if you follow the rules that are in place on election day with respect to counting the ballots, then the presumptivetive outcome will be respected when the electoral college votes are counted. >> the truth is there could be other changes to the rules, especially as states affected by the superstorm get ready for the election. joe johns, cnn, washington. >>> some towns flooded by sandy had to bring in katrina style flood pumps. now people in bellmawr, new jersey, are cleaning up and rebuilding. we'll take you there. [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus presents the cold truth. i have a cold... i took dayquil, but i still have a runny nose. [ male announcer ] truth is, dayquil doesn't work on runny noses. what? [ male announcer ] it doesn't have an
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w. martin, it is difficult going right now and we look at what is happening here in an area where they are used to making $70 billion in income a year. by that measure, we have lost half a billion dollars in the last two days. >> richard lui, thank you so much. let's bring in our panel now. with us from atlanta, mayor kasim reed, and in philadelphia, professor james peterson of lehigh university. gentlemen, i'd like both of you to respond to this statement today from the president who visited the red cross in washington. take a listen. >> the red cross know what is they're doing. they're in close contact with federal, state, and local officials. they will make sure that we get the resources to those families as swiftly as possible. >> mayor reed, so the red cross know what is it's doing. did you detect, perhaps, a subtle dig on mr. romney who spent today going against the guidelines established by the red cross and holding a campaign rally in ohio that was dressed up like a charity drive
w. martin, it is difficult going right now and we look at what is happening here in an area where they are used to making $70 billion in income a year. by that measure, we have lost half a billion dollars in the last two days. >> richard lui, thank you so much. let's bring in our panel now. with us from atlanta, mayor kasim reed, and in philadelphia, professor james peterson of lehigh university. gentlemen, i'd like both of you to respond to this statement today from the president who...
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campaign from the deputy white house chief of staff for george w. bush, and he said the washington post, "if you hadn't had the storm, there would have been more of a chance for the romney campaign to talk about the deficit, the debt, the economy. there was a stutter in the campaign. when you have attention drawn away to somewhere else, to something else, it is not to his -- meaning governor romney's -- advantage." do you think that hurricane sandy or superstorm sandy and the president's handling of it stopped mitt romney's momentum and helped the president? >> you know, i don't know. i can't judge that. i have been here in ohio watching on tv some of the scenes, including on your network yesterday of people who are really frustrated, which is, you know, typical of the natural disaster like this. our hearts go out to those folks, but it's tough for government to be able to respond. i don't know how it plays honestly. i know that right now if you are in the northeast and without power and you can't get back to your home or you're stuck in your home,
campaign from the deputy white house chief of staff for george w. bush, and he said the washington post, "if you hadn't had the storm, there would have been more of a chance for the romney campaign to talk about the deficit, the debt, the economy. there was a stutter in the campaign. when you have attention drawn away to somewhere else, to something else, it is not to his -- meaning governor romney's -- advantage." do you think that hurricane sandy or superstorm sandy and the...
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george w. bush in 2000 his opponent likely dug up some dirt just five days before election there as well. >> that one actually you do see republicans blame, you know the close election there on that that was very surprising for a lot of people who had been wavering and thinking about george bush, gave them pause. that was an unbelievable tirade. people are worried this one will look like this one. here's some new information not a larger event. >> then in four days before election in 2004 between george w. bush and john kerry osama bin laden released a video. how did the candidates react? >> the democrats did not retook it positively. john kerry continues to blame his loss on that. he said they were doing well in the polls right up to that day and flat lined after that. it did underscore the main issue in that election with security as we all know in the post-9/11 era. it scared a lot of people. it played a role. whether it was decisive it was not that close of an election. >> how significant d
george w. bush in 2000 his opponent likely dug up some dirt just five days before election there as well. >> that one actually you do see republicans blame, you know the close election there on that that was very surprising for a lot of people who had been wavering and thinking about george bush, gave them pause. that was an unbelievable tirade. people are worried this one will look like this one. here's some new information not a larger event. >> then in four days before election...
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it reminds me of the stated reason that george w. bush didn't land in new orleans right after hurricane katrina. he didn't want to get in the way of some of the cleanup. of course that disaster response didn't go as well as it looks like president obama is handling the response happening this time. but there is the danger dealing with secret service logistics at a time when regular logistics, just living every day life, becomes incredibly hard. >> i think it's worth pointing out certainly the obama campaign probably didn't imagine the extent. warmth of the words that chris christie has for the president, but mitt romney held his disaster relief event in ohio yesterday. the question that dogged him that he would not answer was about fema. take a listen. >> governor, what should fema's role be? governor, would you eliminate fema if you were president? >> well, it's either 11 or 14 times, depending on whose count you believe. the campaign released a statement saying that romney would not abolish fema but, quote, governor romney believes
it reminds me of the stated reason that george w. bush didn't land in new orleans right after hurricane katrina. he didn't want to get in the way of some of the cleanup. of course that disaster response didn't go as well as it looks like president obama is handling the response happening this time. but there is the danger dealing with secret service logistics at a time when regular logistics, just living every day life, becomes incredibly hard. >> i think it's worth pointing out certainly...
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former economic advisor to george h. w. bush and karen, an advisor to president obama and former ambassador to the organization of economic cooperation and development. welcome to you both. with this move people who are on the fence? >> no. anybody on the fence understands the u.s. economy is weak. sure, you can say 7.9% unemployment is an improvement. i can't even say that is an improvement. the obama administration pledged they would drop down upon the great 5.4%. that certainly didn't happen. i'm curious as voters look at the newspapers tomorrow will the newspapers tell the truth that in this report touted as being positive wages went down. hourly earnings went down, hours worked went down. this is really a sad commentary if we have to interpret this somehow positively. gerri: clearly we have a long ways to go, wants you to hear something the president said today on the campaign trail and respond. here is the president. >> 2008 we were in the middle of two wars. today our businesses have created nearly five and a half mi
former economic advisor to george h. w. bush and karen, an advisor to president obama and former ambassador to the organization of economic cooperation and development. welcome to you both. with this move people who are on the fence? >> no. anybody on the fence understands the u.s. economy is weak. sure, you can say 7.9% unemployment is an improvement. i can't even say that is an improvement. the obama administration pledged they would drop down upon the great 5.4%. that certainly didn't...
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george w. bush took 52% in 2004. he won by 537 votes though in 2000 over al gore after millions of votes were counted. so who wins this time could boil down to a block of voters who usually are reliablely democratic. let's go to john zarrella. >> you know, wolf, we are seeing a lot of tv ads in south florida. a lot of them, targeting jewish voters and that is something we have not seen before. not all the talk in florida this year revolves around the hispanic vote and how it will decide which way the state goes and it's not just about that stretch of asphalt between tampa and daytona beach in central florida called the i-4 corridor, where all the swing voters live. some say for the first time in memory, the deciding factor in florida could well be a block of voters who have always been steadfast democrats. >> there's no way a democrat can win florida today without two things happening. one, a large turnout in the jewish vote and secondly, an overwhelming democratic vote in the community here in florida. >> romney bac
george w. bush took 52% in 2004. he won by 537 votes though in 2000 over al gore after millions of votes were counted. so who wins this time could boil down to a block of voters who usually are reliablely democratic. let's go to john zarrella. >> you know, wolf, we are seeing a lot of tv ads in south florida. a lot of them, targeting jewish voters and that is something we have not seen before. not all the talk in florida this year revolves around the hispanic vote and how it will decide...
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among those photographed are george w. bush abdul michael dukakis and richard depp -- gephardt. and encore presentation of books now.a c-span: arthur grace you have a new book out called "choose me" portraits of a presidential198 race."7ou where did you get this idea? >> guest: well basically it was an idea that newsweek came up with in early 1987 around last january, early february. they wanted to do something different with the presidential candidates. portraits but not... they weren't sure what they wanted to do but just a different idea.y r so newsweek picture editor karen mclarkey approached me and saido do you have any ideas on this. what would you like to do? and i thought about it and i came up with this concept ofd i doing in black and white in a two and a quarter format without strobe lights, using only available or natural light. and we tried it out first witht gary hart. we went out to -- i believe it s was cleveland early on in february of 1987 and i had the first assignment out there.wa i came back and showed them the photographs and they were veryhe pleased with t
among those photographed are george w. bush abdul michael dukakis and richard depp -- gephardt. and encore presentation of books now.a c-span: arthur grace you have a new book out called "choose me" portraits of a presidential198 race."7ou where did you get this idea? >> guest: well basically it was an idea that newsweek came up with in early 1987 around last january, early february. they wanted to do something different with the presidential candidates. portraits but...
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we saw that with katrina, for instance, and george w. bush. >> woodruff: dan, what about a role for governor romney at a time like this? >> well, it's minimal at this point. i mean he really has to remain essentially iisibe. he can't lok like he's trng to do anyingoxplit the politics of the moment. so in a sense there's more potential up side for president obama, but as susan said more potential down side for governor romney i think it is a matter of just kind of waiting and watching and then deciding at what point he can go back out. i mean one of the issues is, does this short circuit kind of the surge of energy that we've seen around the romney campaign? there's no question that there is more energy out there in the republican base and at events he's been holding. does this affect that in some way that would be detrimental to him? ese are all he questions that we n't answer tight. >> woruff: because we just don't know when they're going to be back on the trail. there's no way to gauge that. >> that's exactly right. i mean, we obviousl
we saw that with katrina, for instance, and george w. bush. >> woodruff: dan, what about a role for governor romney at a time like this? >> well, it's minimal at this point. i mean he really has to remain essentially iisibe. he can't lok like he's trng to do anyingoxplit the politics of the moment. so in a sense there's more potential up side for president obama, but as susan said more potential down side for governor romney i think it is a matter of just kind of waiting and...
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ck cheney orck george w. bush. peace, peace, peace, the new mitt, would have the new nixon in 68y. i mean the n improved mitt, he did the same thing one iran sanctions. he was talking about ane aerial strike, he was talking about an invasion, an attack upon ian as recently as months ago. and now he is saying oh i'm all for sauntions. we have to do it peacefully and diplomatically. so i mean who is this man. you know, that is -- >> i feel like we're coming to the end of this campaign with the two large questions unanswered, crucial questions. would mitt romney buff the republican party at any time if he were elected president. and secondly, does barack oba have sort of a second wind, a second burst of policy creative. >> woodruff: he did put out this 20 s page. >> but that wae. a rehash statement of his. if you go to what he wrote in 2007, i bet most of those things are in that 2007 book. and so they're fine. you know, community colleges, more math and science teachers and all that stuff. but it's not exactly a huge agenda. so you are a voter. you are trying to imagine what is the n
ck cheney orck george w. bush. peace, peace, peace, the new mitt, would have the new nixon in 68y. i mean the n improved mitt, he did the same thing one iran sanctions. he was talking about ane aerial strike, he was talking about an invasion, an attack upon ian as recently as months ago. and now he is saying oh i'm all for sauntions. we have to do it peacefully and diplomatically. so i mean who is this man. you know, that is -- >> i feel like we're coming to the end of this campaign with...